A rash of thefts involving copper wire and building materials hit both Grand Forks and Christina Lake over the past week. The price thieves can get for the copper wire is making the common household building material a hot commodity – even though the closest place to ditch the stolen scrap metals is in Kelowna. The first...

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a woman whose body was found floating in Okanagan Lake near Kelowna on June 19. She is Melissa Joy Van Diemen, aged 34, originally from Grand Forks, but most recently living in Kelowna. Ms. Van Diemen was last seen swimming in Okanagan Lake behind City Park on June 13. The...

Ian Jason Peregoodoff, 43 of Grand Forks, has been charged with two counts of arson and damage to private property and two counts of mischief after allegedly bottle bombing the Midway RCMP Detachment and police vehicle on Monday, June 18. Peregoodoff remains in police custody appeared in the Nelson provincial court on Wednesday,...

The theft of copper wire from a new house construction on Riverside Drive in Grand Forks caused $7,000 in damages to the structure and loss of the wire on Friday, May 25. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to the site at 4:24 p.m. The house had already been wired when the culprit ripped out the wire from the walls, said Grand...

An ongoing investigation was triggered with the seizure of endangered exotic frogs, arachnids and invertebrates at the Carson border crossing last month. The seizure was made on Apr. 11 by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) when officers examined a shipment being transported by a Canadian and found animals listed under...

Petty crimes and a break and enter kept Grand Forks RCMP busy over the weekend. The first incident happened on Saturday, May 5 at a residence on Sunshine Way in Grand Forks. Police were called out at 3:26 a.m. after a shed on the property was broken into and two bikes and an assortment of fishing gear was stolen. A dark gray...

Grand Forks RCMP will be working closely with Christina Lake Citizens On Patrol (COP) members to watch out for willful fire setting in the area after several individual incidents this spring. The latest fire bug hit on Friday, April 27 on Ritchie Road in Christina Lake. Police were notified by a local resident that flyers...

One homeowner discovered that an empty house can be a target for criminals when they returned after a four month absence to find tools, liquor and jewelery missing from their home. Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a home on 59th Avenue in Grand Forks on Wednesday, April 18 at 10:05 p.m. The homeowner had been away for four...

A deer and a moose were the cause of two seperate vehicle accidents early this week. On Sunday, April 1 at 4:30 p.m. a 60 year-old female driver from Greenwood found herself and her vehicle blocking a lane on Highway 3 around Spencer Road in Grand Forks after a group of deer jumped out on the road. She struck the deer with ...

A mere week after the launch of a city-wide crime watch program, City Watch, in Grand Forks and the training is already paying off. On Wednesday, March 28 the Grand Forks RCMP were called out to a break and enter in progress at a home on 16th Street in Grand Forks at 8:20 a.m. "The police immediately attended and the suspect...